Print Shop Deluxe for Dummies
by Wallace Wang, Richard Hing

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Summary of Print Shop Deluxe for Dummies

With The Print Shop Deluxe For Dummies, you get expert advice in easy-to-understand language that enables you to begin creating professional-looking graphics projects right away...

• See how The Print Shop works and take a look at the components that make up a desktop-publishing project.
• Plan and choose the best way to create a Print Shop project.
• Explore the versatile uses of The Print Shop (at home or in the office) to design and make signs and banners, certificates, diplomas, calendars, greeting cards, and labels.
• Use The Print Shop to build Web pages.
• Uncover tips, taboos, and tricks that professionals use to create top-notch publications every day.

In a typical section, you learn how to create greeting cards. The terms the software uses to describe different kinds of cards (quarter-fold, half-fold, and so on) are explained, and then you find out how to use the QuickLayout features to generate a card in a hurry. (Forgetters of anniversaries, take note.) You learn how to create a card from scratch, including borders, graphics, and text (which you can choose from the hilariously named Sentiment Gallery if you can't come up with your own bon mot). A sequences of numbered steps (with tips) shows the project at various points during the creation process. --David Wall

Topics covered: How to use The Print Shop Deluxe for Microsoft Windows. Sections address particular kinds of publications suited to The Print Shop, including banners, certificates, business cards, forms, newsletters, and fancy stuff like coffee cups and T-shirts. An eight-page color section shows how The Print Shop works with color.

For Dummies: Applications Books

• Arts & Photography > Graphic Design > Typography
• Computers & Internet > Graphic Design > Desktop Publishing
• Printing
• General
• Programming > General
• Software > Introductory Guides
• Web Development
• General
• Reference > General